Cholera Toxins. Produced by Vibrio cholerae, cholera toxin (CT) is a multimeric enterotoxin that transfers ADP-ribose to a G protein, locking adenylate cyclase in an 'on' position.
echinoderm. n. 1. (Animals) any of the marine invertebrate animals constituting the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by tube feet, a calcite body-covering (test), and a five-part symmetrical body. The group includes the starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.ny of various invertebrate sea animals having a hard spiny outer covering, an internal skeleton, and a radially symmetrical body. Starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers are echinoderms.
The green sea urchin is an echinoderm, which means it belongs to a group of radially symmetrical, invertebrate animals that includes starfish, sand dollars and sea cucumbers. There are several urchin species distributed in boreal waters around the world, but only the green sea urchin, which has one of the longest scientific names (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), is found in the Gulf of Maine.